Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active moderate buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.51/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$114.51

100 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$68.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.89

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	125.53	673	69
Medium 2	523	107.50	563	3thin
Medium and Large 2	490	105.00	515	1thin
Medium and Large 3	477	95.65	457	11thin
Small 1-2	441	92.09	406	10thin
Medium 3	372	72.83	271	3thin
Small 3	477	56.65	270	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.88/cwt here — about $403 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale100 hd

114.51

—

SC average5 barns · 702 hd

129.39

−14.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,628	108.32	1,763	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,302	86.42	1,125	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	83.90	939	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	74.25	709	10

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,128	$919	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$825	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$594	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	877	$1,064	16
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$519	3thin

Every lot, as filed

89 lots · USDA AMS · Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Small 1-2	—	427	128.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	318	127.70/cwt	122.50–132.50	406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	140.65/cwt	140.00–142.00	729	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	126.35/cwt	110.00–138.00	529	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	131.15/cwt	120.00–140.00	351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	898	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	350	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	116.27/cwt	112.50–120.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	102.17/cwt	89.00–115.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	325	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	127.07/cwt	119.00–135.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	335	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	425	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	170	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	503	64.98/cwt	60.00–70.00	327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	440	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	815	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	123.58/cwt	120.00–127.50	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	89.95/cwt	80.00–100.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	95.54/cwt	91.00–100.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	114.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	408	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	450	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	350	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	940	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	823	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	733	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	135.52/cwt	131.00–140.00	668	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	381	107.41/cwt	100.00–110.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	120.92/cwt	107.00–128.00	574	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	123.87/cwt	118.00–130.00	717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	405	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	247	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	815	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	131.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	105.00/cwt	90.00–120.00	457	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	240	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	264	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	418	83.07/cwt	70.00–100.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	116.25/cwt	110.00–120.00	372	4
Steers	Small 2	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	355	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	284	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	940	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	775	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	800	726.56/head	700.00–750.00	727	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,331.34/head	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,331	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	1,168.30/head	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,168	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	753	912.54/head	900.00–925.00	913	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	738	410.56/head	382.00–436.00	411	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	530	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	890	712.00/head	712.00–712.00	712	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	710	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	824.69/head	800.00–850.00	825	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,113.00/head	1,113.00–1,113.00	1,113	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	106.71/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,759	6
Bulls	—	—	1,505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,776	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	91.40/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,289	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,060	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	848	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	74.61/cwt	70.00–80.00	722	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	596	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	83.09/cwt	77.00–91.00	934	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	980	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,292	85.36/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,103	8

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Tue Jun 14, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 234Year ago 274

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 63Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 27Year ago 6

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active moderate buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	125.00–130.00	128.42
2	—	318	122.50–132.50	127.70
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
2	—	475	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
3	—	518	140.00–142.00	140.65
1	—	380	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
1	—	235	120.00	120.00
2	—	435	90.00–120.00	105.00
4	—	320	110.00–120.00	116.25
2	—	260	120.00–130.00	124.90
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	375	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	100.00	100.00
1	—	740	119.00	119.00
4	—	575	120.00–130.00	124.99
2	—	513	125.00–130.00	127.46
2	—	643	110.00–120.00	114.98
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
2	—	493	131.00–140.00	135.52
1	—	1,040	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	100.00	100.00
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	122.50	122.50
2	—	733	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	87.50	87.50
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	419	110.00–138.00	126.35
3	—	268	120.00–140.00	131.15
17	—	678	132.50	132.50
2	—	608	112.50–120.00	116.27
4	—	775	89.00–115.00	102.17
6	—	515	119.00–135.00	127.07
10	—	475	107.00–128.00	120.92
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
8	—	579	118.00–130.00	123.87
2	—	340	120.00–130.00	125.00
5	—	374	130.00–135.00	131.44
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	122.50	122.50
2	—	610	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	105.00	105.00
4	—	381	100.00–110.00	107.41
1	—	490	63.00	63.00
1	—	815	74.00	74.00
3	—	418	70.00–100.00	83.07
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	80.00	80.00
1	—	335	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	815	74.00	74.00
2	—	283	120.00–127.50	123.58
2	—	518	80.00–100.00	89.95
2	—	605	91.00–100.00	95.54
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	40.00	40.00
2	—	503	60.00–70.00	64.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	70.00	70.00
1	—	350	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	61.00	61.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	700.00–750.00	726.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	900.00–925.00	912.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	990	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,331.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	944	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,168.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	530	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	738	382.00–436.00	410.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,060	800.00–850.00	824.69
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	712.00	712.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,113.00	1,113.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,648	95.00–110.00	106.71
1	—	1,505	118.00	118.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	90.00–93.00	91.40
1	—	1,060	80.00	80.00
8	—	1,292	82.00–89.00	85.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	968	70.00–80.00	74.61
1	—	840	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,124	77.00–91.00	83.09
2	—	1,065	92.00	92.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

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Replacement Cattle

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